Connecticut
Twins are 2023’s last and 2024’s first Connecticut births
Yale New Haven Hospital closed out 2023 and rang in 2024 with the birth of a brother and sister –– twins, who have different birthdays and birth years.
Born at 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 31, 2023, baby boy Seven Morris was the last recorded birth of 2023 at YNHH, according to a hospital spokesperson.
Three minutes later, Seven’s sister, YNHH’s first baby of the New Year, Souli Morris, entered the world at 12:02 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 1, 2024.
Both babies weigh six pounds, nine ounces.
On Monday afternoon, a YNHH spokesperson said the parents, Mykel and Aliyah Kiyomi Morris of Hamden, and their twin bundles of joy are “doing great and getting some well-deserved rest.”
Baby on board at UConn Health
At UConn Health, the first baby of the year was born in the parking lot of UConn John Dempsey Hospital.
Juliana, a baby girl, could not wait to enter into 2024 –– according to UConn Today, her “Dad-to-be pulled up his car ‘right in front’ of the door to UConn John Dempsey Hospital’s Emergency Department … But, in the time it took Dad to run around the car and open the passenger door, Mom’s water broke and the baby was born” at 12:35 a.m.
Baby Juliana, UConn Health’s “newest Husky” weighs 8 pounds and measures 20 and a half inches long.
UConn Health said Juliana’s parents, who are from Prospect, are “still recovering from their very exciting start to 2024,” as her big sister looks forward to meeting the new baby.
A ‘New Year’s blessing’ at Hartford Hospital

Hartford Hospital’s first baby of 2024 was a baby boy born at 12:06 a.m.
“He’s our New Year’s blessing!” parents Murielle and Sterling Gatewood of Enfield said in a Hartford Hospital Facebook post.
Baby Gatewood weighs 7 pounds, 9 ounces and measures 20 inches long.
Connecticut
Strong Storm Emerges For Northern Connecticut: Here’s When, What To Know
Here are the forecast details for northern Connecticut via the National Weather Service:
Today: Sunny, with a high near 80. Light west wind increasing to 6 to 11 mph in the morning.
Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 56. Northwest wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the evening.
Monday: A chance of showers before 2pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 2pm and 4pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 4pm. Increasing clouds, with a high near 76. Calm wind becoming southeast around 6 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Monday Night: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. Low around 59. Southeast wind around 8 mph becoming southwest after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts between three quarters and one inch possible.
Connecticut
Developing story: Crash closes Taft Bridge on Connecticut Avenue NW
WASHINGTON (7News) — A Park Police chase ends with a moped rider getting hit and killed on the Taft Bridge in Northwest D.C.
7News’ Washington, D.C. reporter, Phylicia Ashley, went to the scene moments after it happened Saturday evening and spoke to multiple witnesses.
Ximen DeFillippes was riding her bike near Woodley Road when she saw the chase.
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“The Park Police passed me. We were on Woodley Road. And then I saw the car they were pursuing,” said DeFillippes. “It was going very fast on the sidewalk. It drove up on the sidewalk up Woodley Road.”
DeFilippes was on one side of the Taft Bridge.
“I’d never seen anything that crazy,” said DeFillippes. “It was, it was like really like homicidal. It was just insane. I’ve never seen anything like that.”
7News also saw the aftermath of the chase and found Lamont Penry on the other side of the bridge. He also saw the chase. It ended on the steps of the Chinese Embassy staff housing.
“The car crashed into the diplomatic car,” Penry said. “A young man jumps out, takes off running down the street. The other three guys came out kind of dizzy. They apprehended one who was on the bench. One was at the rear. Tire of the vehicle, looked to be a Camry, and the other was on the other side of the diplomatic car.”
In the middle of the bridge, 7News saw the victim’s body covered by a white sheet. Witnesses said that when the chase reached the Taft Bridge, one of the vehicles involved struck someone riding a scooter.
“Once the gentleman on the bridge was hit. We realized that no one stopped,” said Penry. “Police continued the pursuit until here, and then they turned around.”
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Penry said all the alleged suspects involved looked young. While on scene, 7News saw one person get arrested and placed in an ambulance.
DeFilippes was riding her bike when she said two cars blocked her from getting caught in the midst of the chase.
“I’m feeling lucky that for those few seconds of my path being kind of blocked,” said DeFillippes. “I’m just so glad that happened. Or else I would have been right there. I’m not at all surprised that someone was hurt. Just. Just from the way everything was unfolding, I could just tell it was going to be bad.
Connecticut
WNBA photo gallery: Toronto Tempo @ Connecticut Sun – 6/19/26
Marina Mabrey torched her former team for 37 points as the Toronto Tempo came back from 14 down to beat the Connecticut Sun, 101-97, at Mohegan Sun Arena.
Former UConn women’s basketball star Olivia Nelson-Ododa had 13 points and three rebounds while Aaliyah Edwards had six points and two rebounds for the Sun. Kia Nurse did not score in just five minutes for the Tempo.
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